Primary Name: Prior, Lila Elizabeth Ann

Filed as: Prior, Lila Elizabeth Ann

Also known as: Lila Olds; Lila Palmer

Occupation / Association: Hotel proprietor; Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6

Associated places: Grand Valley, Colorado; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior, Lila Olds Juneau Alaska, Lila Palmer Juneau Alaska, Occidental Hotel Front Street Juneau, Juneau Igloo No 6 charter member, early Juneau hotel owners

Biography

Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born on October 27, 1872, in Grand Valley, Colorado, the daughter of John and Eliza Prior.

She married John Olds in Juneau on December 7, 1886. Their marriage produced five children: John, Brilliant, Klonda, Harry, and Lydia. John Olds died in Washington in August 1910.

Lila became the proprietor of the Occidental Hotel located on Front Street in Juneau, an establishment that served travelers and residents during the city’s early development.

On September 15, 1917, she married Dr. A. J. Palmer.

Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior Olds Palmer died in Juneau, Alaska, on March 28, 1939.

Sources

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 5, p. 215

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, p. 243

Alaska Daily Empire, September 17, 1917